Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 17:18:26 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The ongoing influx of SPAM into the lists. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901081717240.94886-100000@smarter.than.nu> In-Reply-To: <19990109111858.D96705@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Friday, 8 January 1999 at 2:51:53 -0800, Brian W. Buchanan wrote:
> > Filter posts that do not fit at least one of these criteria:
> > - From: header contains an e-mail address subscribed to the list.
> > - To: or Cc: header includes the list's address.
> >
> > As most spam is bulkmailed without changing the To: header for each
> > recipient, this will filter out 99% of the spam, while still allowing
> > non-subscribed people to post, so long as it isn't a Bcc. Acceptable
> > compromise?
>
> What happens to the rest of the messages?
Bounce 'em with a message stating the criteria required for a post to be
accepted?
--
Brian Buchanan brian@smarter.than.nu
brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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